Reviews

[Review] Norman

An angsty teenager looking to find himself falls in love and deals with tremendous personal pain. Sound familiar? It should; that could be the basic log lin...

[Review] Martha Marcy May Marlene

A number of noteworthy films on this year's festival circuit have dealt with fear of impending doom. But while Lars Von Trier's Melancholia and Jeff Nichols' Ta...

[Review] Le Havre

While many films have explored themes of post-9/11 paranoia and its resulting xenophobia, none have dared do so with the unrepentant joie de vivre of Le Havre...

[Review] Bombay Beach

While scouting locations for her next shoot, photographer turned music-videomaker Alma Har'el was inspired to create a film, documenting the curious community s...

[LFF Review] 360

Arthur Schnitzler’s 1900 play La Ronde has had quite a legacy. The author initially wrote it as a private play to share amongst his bohemian friends, but it...

[Review] The Skin I Live In

You may have noticed a veil of intrigue and mystery has persistently clung to Pedro Almodóvar's latest effort The Skin I Live In. The drama's promotional poster...

[Review] The Thing

John Carpenter's 1982 classic The Thing is a movie that hinges on a sense of unknown dread and suspense. Whenever an intellectual property maintains a built...

[VIFF Review] Like Crazy

How much is one summer of euphoric love worth? To Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) - the world. Courted through a shy, sweet process of stole...

[NYFF Review] My Week with Marilyn

Michelle Williams is so good as the title character in Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn that watching the film is like watching Some Like it Hot for the f...